I don't think Beyonce gets enough credit for her specific songwriting talent - rearranging. (In that way, she follows Madonna's lead - eat that Sats and MissTina!) Take Halo, for example - the demo version has this terrible, oddly placed and emotionally flat middle 8 - it just doesn't work. What Beyonce did, very wisely, is take that awful middle 8 out and let only her voice's echo fill the gap. THAT - the break before she comes back - is what gives the song its emotional wallop. She may not be a Lily or Amy or Gaga, being able to write both lyric and music - but she's damn sure better than the rest of her peers, who are either terrible, TERRIBLE lyricists (try listening to Back to Basics and not cringing REPEATEDLY) or, you know, not at all involved in any aspect. (fill in the blanks ...)

That wasn't the case with "If I Were A Boy" right? She didn't change anything about that.

BUT.................

nevermind! rethinks saying the obvious to avoid being "warned"...... glances slightly to the left of origional post, laughs, and exits thread after having been slapped in the face by irony....... oh how sweet the irony

nevermind! rethinks saying the obvious to avoid being "warned"...... glances slightly to the left of origional post, laughs, and exits thread after having been slapped in the face by irony....... oh how sweet the irony